Tango Music Challenge Day 2

(Share one of your favorite Argentine Tango Songs (tango, milonga,or vals) and promote someone else to do the same 3 Day Challenge)
While yesterday's choice may have been somewhat unexpected, today will be no surprise to anyone who knows me in the tango context at all. For several years now, Miguel Caló is for me the single most important reason to get up and dance, indeed, to even go to the milonga. If Troilo is deep water, Caló is like sweet, refreshing spring water or a light, warm summer rain; it restores my faith in life, it soothes my aches, it makes the air easier to breathe. After dancing to Caló, I feel like a seedling that was about to wither but has just received the life-saving drops of moisture, and is ready to grow again.
My only difficulty, and a huge one as such, was to select a song that would be above all others, that would epitomize what this music means to me. In the end, I settled on "Los Despojos" for the effect that the lyrics have on me, every time. While there are many tango letras that move me, this is perhaps the one that gets closest to my soul. In addition, the way that Iriarte's voice interacts with the musicians breaks my heart in the most beautiful way I know.
While the web is full of interpretations of this song, what I really like about this couple is how they pay tribute to the pauses, the changes in tone, the turns of mood that this song is so full of. It takes a lot of concentration not to miss them, especially when the music is so powerful, when it is so easy to just throw yourself in.
My second nominee is another amazingly beautiful woman, a true friend and an immensely talented photographer Victoria Fedirko who has shown me beauty in more ways than just one. Here you go Dear, your turn to share your favourites!

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